Emel Korkmaz

Mothers of slain Gezi protesters launch one-day hunger strike for hunger-striking educators in Ankara

The mothers of two slain Gezi protesters have launched a one-day hunger strike as a show of support to two educators who have been on hunger strike for over 65 days. 

Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça went on a hunger strike on March 10 in Ankara, demanding to be returned to their jobs, which they lost with a state of emergency decree.

Interior Ministry fined to pay compensation to family of killed Gezi protester Ali İsmail Korkmaz

The Turkish Interior Ministry has been sentenced to pay a total of 707,180 Turkish Liras in compensation to the family of 19-year-old Gezi protester Ali İsmail Korkmaz, who was beaten to death by police officers and civilians in the Central Anatolian province of Eskişehir in 2013. 

Family, friends remember Gezi victim Ali İsmail Korkmaz on anniversary of death

Ali İsmail Korkmaz, the university student fatally beaten by plainclothes police and civilians during the Gezi protests in the central Anatolian province of Eskişehir last year, was commemorated on the anniversary of his death in his hometown Hatay.